Unity game engine to be available for free to BlackBerry 10 developers

Unity, the world-reknown 3D gaming engine, has been headed towards BlackBerry 10 for the last few months, but today there's a decidedly pleasant twist - it'll be free for developers. No licensing costs, just download and get building. iOS, Android, and Windows Phone 8 will be supported too, which is great news for those devs that are working cross-platform.

The most compelling part of this is that Unity is originally designed for PC and console games, so these tools can act as a gateway to mobile. This play is geared specifically towards smaller indie developers; companies with a turnover of more than $100,000 in the last fiscal year will have to use the paid version, which costs $400 for each mobile add-on, plus the core product.

For now, the free Unity tools are only available for iOS and Android, but we'll be catching up with BlackBerry's head of gaming, Anders Jeppsson, next week at the Ottawa International Game Conference to see what more he can tells us about Unity's plans on BlackBerry. In the meantime, check out our demo of the Unity engine running on BlackBerry 10 to get an idea of what kind of games developers will be able to make.

Unity game engine to be available for free to BlackBerry 10 developers

I had a notification of upgrades to my apps so while I was there I browsed BlackBerry World to see the landscape of games. All I can say is WOW! I'm so impressed with the initial offering of games with a company that has NEVER been known for games. BB10 has changed the way game companies view BlackBerry. Hopefully the app developers will catch on and develop native apps to advantage of this great OS.

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